〜ないでください: please don't is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Polite request NOT to do something. Structure: V-ない + でください. This page explains the construction, gives Japanese examples with furigana readings, and links to related grammar points at this level.

〜ないでください: please don't

Structure

V-ない + でください

Explanation

Take the negative ない form and add でください to ask someone politely not to do something: とらないでください “please don't take (photos)”. It is the negative counterpart of 〜てください. Dropping ください (〜ないで) makes it casual.

Examples

Please don't take pictures here.

Please don't open the window. It's cold.

Quiz preview

  • とらないで ✓
  • とって
  • とらなくて
  • とりないで

V-ない + でください = “please don't…”. とって〜 would ask TO take them.

  • はなさないで ✓
  • はなして
  • はなさなくて
  • はないで

はなす → negative はなさない + でください: “please don't talk”.

More N5 grammar points

は: topic particleの: possessive / linking particleを: object particleに: time / destination particleが: subject particleで: place of action / means〜たい: wanting to do〜てください: please do…あります / います: existence〜ましょう: let'sも (“also / too”)と (“and / with”)へ: direction particleか: question particleこれ・それ・あれ: this / that〜がすきです: to likeAのほうがBより: comparison

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